Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1141609

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Barnet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money the General Practice Resilience Programme will provide in the Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group area in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	281723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>For the financial year 2019/20, Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group has been allocated approximately £54,000 to deliver the General Practice Resilience Programme. The programme is expected to have commenced by mid-September.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/09/2019 16:12:16 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1141620

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cancer: Aerials and Electric Cables
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with cancer that live within a mile of (a) an electricity pylon and (b) a mobile telecommunications mast.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	281728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/09/2019 17:53:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1145890

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services: Medical Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department ended funding for the National Ophthalmology Database audit.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	290843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Health Care Quality Improvement Partnership through the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme runs audits funded by NHS England for a range of clinical areas. Central funding is usually time limited and the National Ophthalmology Database Audit (NODA) was no exception. It should be noted less than 50% of ophthalmologist submitted their data.</p><p> </p><p>This Audit was commissioned for an initial three years of funding. This was then extended by two further years in 2017. Central funding is time limited to ensure a range of areas benefit over time. However, this does not mean an audit which is valued by a sector has to cease. Many audits move from central to other funding arrangements led by the sector.</p><p> </p><p>An audit provides an additional focus on improvement that those taking part benefit from, but all ophthalmology services continue to be subject to the same general standards whether or not they are taking part in the Audit programme. The intention of an audit is to look in a focussed way at outcomes and for the NODA this covered cataract surgery. The findings from the audit are available to surgeons and patients with the aim of driving continuous improvement. Participation in an audit, however, is not compulsory for trusts or individual surgeons and participation rates vary. Standards of individual clinical care continue to be the responsibility of the surgeon involved and, if appropriate, the relevant professional body.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 290845 290846 question first answered 02/10/2019 11:08:05 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1145898

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to monitor the performance of ophthalmology services in the event of the cessation of the National Ophthalmology Database audit.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	290845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Health Care Quality Improvement Partnership through the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme runs audits funded by NHS England for a range of clinical areas. Central funding is usually time limited and the National Ophthalmology Database Audit (NODA) was no exception. It should be noted less than 50% of ophthalmologist submitted their data.</p><p> </p><p>This Audit was commissioned for an initial three years of funding. This was then extended by two further years in 2017. Central funding is time limited to ensure a range of areas benefit over time. However, this does not mean an audit which is valued by a sector has to cease. Many audits move from central to other funding arrangements led by the sector.</p><p> </p><p>An audit provides an additional focus on improvement that those taking part benefit from, but all ophthalmology services continue to be subject to the same general standards whether or not they are taking part in the Audit programme. The intention of an audit is to look in a focussed way at outcomes and for the NODA this covered cataract surgery. The findings from the audit are available to surgeons and patients with the aim of driving continuous improvement. Participation in an audit, however, is not compulsory for trusts or individual surgeons and participation rates vary. Standards of individual clinical care continue to be the responsibility of the surgeon involved and, if appropriate, the relevant professional body.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 290843 290846 question first answered 02/10/2019 11:08:05 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1145899

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cataracts: Surgery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor availability of provision in catract surgery after funding of the National Ophthalmology Database ceases.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	290846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Health Care Quality Improvement Partnership through the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme runs audits funded by NHS England for a range of clinical areas. Central funding is usually time limited and the National Ophthalmology Database Audit (NODA) was no exception. It should be noted less than 50% of ophthalmologist submitted their data.</p><p> </p><p>This Audit was commissioned for an initial three years of funding. This was then extended by two further years in 2017. Central funding is time limited to ensure a range of areas benefit over time. However, this does not mean an audit which is valued by a sector has to cease. Many audits move from central to other funding arrangements led by the sector.</p><p> </p><p>An audit provides an additional focus on improvement that those taking part benefit from, but all ophthalmology services continue to be subject to the same general standards whether or not they are taking part in the Audit programme. The intention of an audit is to look in a focussed way at outcomes and for the NODA this covered cataract surgery. The findings from the audit are available to surgeons and patients with the aim of driving continuous improvement. Participation in an audit, however, is not compulsory for trusts or individual surgeons and participation rates vary. Standards of individual clinical care continue to be the responsibility of the surgeon involved and, if appropriate, the relevant professional body.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 290843 290845 question first answered 02/10/2019 11:08:05 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1147550

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cancer: Electricity and Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with cancer that live within a mile of (a) an electricity pylon and (b) a mobile telecommunications mast.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	292890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the number of people who have cancer living either within a mile of an electricity pylon or mobile telecommunications mast.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/10/2019 14:42:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1168274

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using increased financial resources allocated to the NHS to fund additional treatments and services in general practice facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	78
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2020 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, committed to an unprecedented investment in primary medical and community services so that £4.5 billion more will be spent in these areas in real terms by 2023/24. As part of this a new five-year general practitioner (GP) contract framework was also signed in January 2019.</p><p>The new system of Primary Care Networks (PCNs) launched in 2019 have been designed to ensure care happens in the optimal place for patients. The contract provides them with funding for 20,000 new staff who will help mitigate current workload pressures in primary care as well as supporting delivery of seven new services (five of which will begin during 2020) focussed on areas where there is evidence that primary care activity can improve patient outcomes. These implement different aspects of the Long Term Plan: medication reviews; the care homes service; the anticipatory care service; the National Health Service comprehensive model of personalised care; early cancer diagnosis; cardiovascular disease prevention and diagnosis; and health inequalities. Pilots of the enhanced health in care homes service - which will be delivered by all PCNs - have demonstrated the potential to reduce the number of care home residents requiring an emergency hospital admission.</p><p>Investment in primary and community services will support the Long Term Plan’s ambition of transforming out-of-hospital care to a model that is fit for the 21st Century, including avoidance of 30 million hospital appointments which will result in an annual saving of over £1 billion.</p><p> </p><p>PCNs will be able to access an ‘investment and impact fund’ from 2020, which will be worth £75 million, building up to £300 million by 2024. The purpose of the Fund is to help PCNs plan and achieve better performance against metrics in a new network dashboard. As well as incentivising better performance in the new service areas, part of the Fund will be dedicated to the commitment made in the NHS Long Term Plan to making ‘shared savings’. This savings scheme will be tied to the development of community-based services that enable reductions in hospital activity, such as avoidable out-patient visits as part of outpatient redesign, as well as avoidable accident and emergency attendances; avoidable emergency admissions; timely hospital discharge; and prescribing costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 79 question first answered 10/01/2020 13:58:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1168275

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the additional treatments and facilities that could be provided in general practice facilities so that patients do not have to attend out-patient hospitals.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	79
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2020 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, committed to an unprecedented investment in primary medical and community services so that £4.5 billion more will be spent in these areas in real terms by 2023/24. As part of this a new five-year general practitioner (GP) contract framework was also signed in January 2019.</p><p>The new system of Primary Care Networks (PCNs) launched in 2019 have been designed to ensure care happens in the optimal place for patients. The contract provides them with funding for 20,000 new staff who will help mitigate current workload pressures in primary care as well as supporting delivery of seven new services (five of which will begin during 2020) focussed on areas where there is evidence that primary care activity can improve patient outcomes. These implement different aspects of the Long Term Plan: medication reviews; the care homes service; the anticipatory care service; the National Health Service comprehensive model of personalised care; early cancer diagnosis; cardiovascular disease prevention and diagnosis; and health inequalities. Pilots of the enhanced health in care homes service - which will be delivered by all PCNs - have demonstrated the potential to reduce the number of care home residents requiring an emergency hospital admission.</p><p>Investment in primary and community services will support the Long Term Plan’s ambition of transforming out-of-hospital care to a model that is fit for the 21st Century, including avoidance of 30 million hospital appointments which will result in an annual saving of over £1 billion.</p><p> </p><p>PCNs will be able to access an ‘investment and impact fund’ from 2020, which will be worth £75 million, building up to £300 million by 2024. The purpose of the Fund is to help PCNs plan and achieve better performance against metrics in a new network dashboard. As well as incentivising better performance in the new service areas, part of the Fund will be dedicated to the commitment made in the NHS Long Term Plan to making ‘shared savings’. This savings scheme will be tied to the development of community-based services that enable reductions in hospital activity, such as avoidable out-patient visits as part of outpatient redesign, as well as avoidable accident and emergency attendances; avoidable emergency admissions; timely hospital discharge; and prescribing costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 78 question first answered 10/01/2020 13:58:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1170298

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Attendance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of GP appointments missed each day and (b) cost to the public purse of those missed appointments; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	2527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 21/01/2020 17:23:08 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1184675

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Pregnancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the effect of the coronavirus on unborn babies.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	28663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England, NHS England and NHS Improvement contributed to the development of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists guidance on COVID-19 infection and pregnancy.</p><p>The review found that there is no evidence to suggest an increased risk of miscarriage. There is also no evidence that the virus can pass to the developing baby during pregnancy. It is therefore considered unlikely that if the mother has the COVID-19 virus it will cause abnormalities in the baby.</p><p>The guidance is available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.rcog.org.uk/coronavirus-pregnancy" target="_blank">https://www.rcog.org.uk/coronavirus-pregnancy</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/03/2020 15:38:42 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord